L  A  W  S 

OF  THE        ^f^te^^a^^ 

UNIVERSITY 


OF 


jaorti?=Caroitna: 

ESTABLISHED    BY    THE 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES, 

AT   THEIR    SESSION    IN    DECEMBER, 

1799- 


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RALEIGH; 

FRINTED   BY   J,  GALES, 
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LAWS 

O  F    T  HE 

UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH-CAROLINA. 

SECTION     I. 
Of  the   Faculty. 

1.  The  Faculty  of  the  Univerfity  of  North* 
Carolina  {hall  be  compofed  of  the  Prefident, 
Profeflors  and  Tutors,  a  majority  of  whom 
being  aflembled  after  due  notice  given  by  the 
Prefident,  or  prefiding  Profeflbr,  to  all  the 
members,  fhall  be  competent  to  the  per- 
formance of  bufmefs. 

2.  Every  matter  brought  before  the  Faculty', 
mail  be  decided  by  votes,  and  it  (hall  be  the 
additional  privilege  of  the  Prefident,  or  pre^ 
(iding  Pro fe (Tor,  to  give  a  calling  vote,  where 
there  would  otherwife  be  a  tie. 

3.  The  opinion  or  voteof  any  member  of  the 
Faculty  fhall  not  be  made  known  to  the  flu- 
dents,  diretlly  or  indirectly,  except  when 
exprefs  order  (hall  be  given  to  that  effect  by 
an  unanimous  vote  of  the  Faculty. 

4.  A  member  of  the  Faculty  fhall  not  be  a. 
,  fitting  member  of  any  fociety  of  ftudents,  nor 
i    fhali  he  ever  be  prefent  at  the  meetings  of  a 

fociety. 


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£.  It  fliall  be  the  duty  of  each  member  of 
the  Faculty  to  enforce  the  laws  of  the  Uni- 
verfity,  to  prevent  or  put  a  flop  to  the  violation 
of  them,  and  to  report  to  the  Prefident,  or  to 
the  Faculty,  fuch  tranfgreffions  of  them  as 
ought  to  be  punifhed  by  that  body. 

6.  The  Faculty  fliall  keep  a  book  of  re- 
cords, or  minutes,  and  appoint  a  clerk,  who 
ihall  enter,  therein  a  fair  flatement  of  their 
tranfa£lions,  refolutions  and  determinations ; 
which  book  (hall  be  laid  before  the  Tiuftees 
at  each  of  their  dated  meetings.  The  clerk 
of  the  Faculty*  (hall  be  allowed  a  compenfation 
for  his  fervices. 

7.  No  aft  bf  the  Faculty  which  is  not  recorded 
bylheir  order  fhall  be  confidered  as  valid. 

8.  There  fhall  be  monthly  meetings  of  the 
Faculty,  at  which  every  Profeffor  and  Tutor 
ihall  make  a  report  on  the  conduct  and  fcho- 
larfhip  of  the  fludents,  and  particularly  of 
thofe  who  are  under  his  charge.  And  the 
opinions  which  the  Faculty  fhall  thenJorm, 
ihall  be  regiflered  in  a  book  kept  by  them  for 
that  purpofe,  which  fliall  be  a  hiflory  of  the 
character  and  fcholarfhip  of  every  fludent  to 
his  parent  or  guardian,  and  to  the  Truftees. 

9.  The  Prefident  fhall  read  or  fay  public 
prayers  every  evening,  in  the  Chapel,  at  five 
o'clock,  except  on  Saturday  evening,  and  in 


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his  abfence,  one  of  the  ProfeiTors  cr  Tutors, 
(hall  perform  that  duty.  In  the  morning, 
prayers  mail  follow  after  the  reading  of  a 
chapter,  or  part  thereof,  in  the  Old  or  New 
Teilament,  by  the  ProfeiTors  and  Tutors  in 
turn. 


SECTION    II. 

Of  Admifjion  in  the  Univerfity. 

1.  All  examinations  for  admiflion  into  the 
Univerfity,  {hall  be  in  prefence  of  the  Faculty ; 
and  no  perfon  (hall  be  admitted  but  by  a  vote 
taken  by  them  for  that  purpofe  after  his  exa- 
mination, 

2.  Every  perfon,  on  admiflion  into  the 
Univerfity,  (hall  pay  the  Steward's  demand, 
and  the  tuition  money  for  the  feflion,  in 
advance. 

3.  If  a  ftudent  (hall  arrive  to  begin  bufinefs 
before  the  feflion  fhall  be  half  expired,  fas 
fhall  pay  for  the  whole  feflion ;  but  if  he  fhall 
come  at  the  middle  of  a  feflion,  or  after  it,  he 
fhall  pay  for  half  the  feflion  only:  but  room- 
rent  (hall  always  be  paid  for  the  whole  feflion. 

4.  Every  ftudent,  on  being  admitted  into 
the  Univerfity,  fnall  obtain  a  copy  of  the 
laws  from  the  Pi efident  or  prefiding  ProfefTor^ 
containing  a  certificate,  with  the  nume  of  the 
Prefident,  or  prefiding  Profeffor,  figned  by 

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himfelf,  of  the  faid  fludent's  regular  admiffion 
into  the  Univerfity,  for  which  he  ihall  pay 
twelve  and  a  half  cents;  and  thefe  fhall  be  at 
all  times  a  fufficient,  and  a  necefTary  teftimony 
of  his  being  a  fludent  of  the  Univerfity;  to  be 
fhewn  when  called  for,  to  any  member  of  the 
Faculty. 

SECTION    III. 

Collegiate  Duties  and  Rcftridions. 

i.  The  hours  of  fludy  fhall  be  from  the 
time  of  morning  prayers  til!  eight  o'clock, 
from  nine  till  twelve  in  the  forenoon,  and 
from  two  till  five  in  the  afternoon ;  and  at  all 
other  times  the  ftudents  fhall  obferve  a  proper 
filence  and  a  refpe£tiul  deportment. 

2.  Every  fludent  fhall  regularly  and  punc- 
tually attend  the  recitation  of  his  clafs  at  the 
place  appointed  by  his  inflru&or,  and  at  the 
time  when  the  bell  fhall  be  rung  to  give  him 
notice.  His  Profeffor  or  Tutor  fhall  call  him 
to  an  account  for  abfence  or  delay,  in  the 
prefence  of  his  clafs,  and  fhall  be  the  judge 
of  hisexcufe;  and  if  a  good  reafon  be  not 
fhewn  for  his  delinquency,  he  may  be  ordered 
at  any  time  before  the  Faculty  to  anfwer  for  it. 

3.  The  progrefs  of  a  diligent  fludent  fhall 
not  be  retarded  by  the  indolence  of  others  of 
the  fame  clafs;  therefore  no  one  fhall  be  re- 


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quired  againft  his  inclination  to  continue  the 
fhidy  of  any  book  on  which  he  has  palled  an 
approved  examination;  but  after  a  ftudent  has 
entered  a  clafs,  or  a  courfe  of  fiudy,  at  the 
beginning  of  the  feiTion,  he  ihall  not,  without 
completing  the  fame,  forfake  it  to  enter  ano- 
ther during  that  feflion,  unlefs  with  parti- 
cular permiffion  from  the  Faculty. 

4.  For  the  improvement  of  the  ftudents  in 
public  fpeaking,  two  or  more  of  them  fhali 
each  deliver  an  oration  of  their  own  fele£ling 
every  evening  immediately,  after  prayers,  on 
the  flage  in  the  public  hall;  and  to  this  duty 
they  mail  be  called  in  alphabetical  rotation, 
that  all  may  have  the  benefit  of  this  exercife; 
nor  (hall  any  ftudent  be  exempted  from  it, 
except  on  account  of  natural  impediments,  or 
other  difqualifications,  of  which  the  Faculty 
or  Prefident  may  judge. 

5.  On  Saturday  forenoon,  all  the  ftudents 
(hall  recite  grammar  or  paffages  in  the  Latin 
or  Greek  dailies,  or  read  pieces  of  their  own 
compofition,  as  the  Faculty  fhall  conceive  to 
be  moll  ufeful ;  and  Englifh  Grammar  fhall 
invariably  be  a  fubje£f  on  which  every  clafs  fhall 
be  examined  at  every  femi-annual  examination. 

6.  There  ihall  be  one  public  examination 
in  each  year ;  which  fhall  commence  on  the 
2 2d  of  June  annually,  unlefs  that  day  fhall 
happen  on  Sunday. 


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7.  Should  any  Undent  be  abfent  from  exa- 
mination, he  may  be  fummoned  before  the 
Faculty  to  fheiv  the  reafons  of  fuch  abfence;: 
and  he  fhall  be  examined  publicly  by  the  Fa- 
culty before  he  (hall  be  permitted  tojoin  his  clafs* 

8.  No  ftudent  (hall  abfent  himfelf  from  the 
Univerfity  during  the  feffion,.  without  per- 
mifTion  firft  obtained  from  the  Prefident,  or 
in  his  abfence,  from  the  Faculty;  but  leave  of 
ab fence  from  recitation  may  be  granted  to  1 
fludent  by  his  Profeilbr  or  Tutor. 

9.  If  any  ftudent  Giall  be  habitually  indo- 
lent or  inattentive  to  bufmefs,  or  (nail  be  abfent 
from  prayers,  from  recitation,  or  public  wor- 
fhip,  or  at  any  othei  time  when  it  fhall  be  his 
duty  to  attend,  he  (hall  be  puniflied  according 
to  the  aggravation  of  his  offence. 

10.  If  a  ftudent,  at  an  examination,  be 
found  deficient,  he  may  be  publicly  mentioned 
as  a  bad  fcholar  by  the  Faculty  or  Tru flees, 
admonifhed  to  greater  diligence,  or  put  into 
fuch  a  clafs  as  ihall  fuit  his  [landing. 

It.  On  the  day  of  commencement,  the 
candidates  for  degrees  fhall  perform  fuch  ex- 
ercifes  as  Chdli  be  appointed  them,  and  no 
candidate  fhall  refufe  the  exercife  afligned 
him,  underpenalty  of  being  refufed  his  diploma. 

12.  N  -thing  indecent,  profane  or  immoral, 
lhall  at  any  time  be  delivered  on  the  public 


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ftage,  under  penalty  of  fuch  cenfure  as  the 

Faculty  or  Truflees  fliall  judge  proper.  And 
with  a  view  to  preferve  all  the  public  exercifes 
of  the  ftudents  from  impropriety  of  any  kind, 
every  ftudent,  during  the  whole  of  his  fenior 
year,  and  previoufly  to  his  commencement 
performances  efpecially,  fhall  fhew  to  the 
Prefident,  or  prefiding  ProfefTor,  the  whole  of 
what  he  propofes  to  fpeak,  and  fhall  not  fail 
to  obferve  fuch  corrections  as  (hall  be  made  of 
his  performances  ;•  and  if  any  ftudent  pro- 
nounce any  thing  in  public  of  a  cenfurable 
nature,  in  contradiction  to  the  directions  or 
corrections  of  the  officer  to  whom  he  has  fhewn 
his  piece,  the  Prefident  or  prefiding  Profeflbr 
is  requred  to  flop  him  on  the  public  flage,  and 
he  fhall  be  otherwife  cenfured  as  the  Truftees 
or  Faculty  fhall  determine. 

13.  There  fhall  be  a  Monitor  to  each  clafs,  or 
to  as  many  claffes  together  as  the  Faculty  fhall 
find  convenient,  who  fhall  mark  theabfentees 
from  prayers,  or  from  public  worfhip  on  Sun- 
day, and  who  fhall  alfo  note  all  pro  fane  fvvearing 
or  grofs  and  vulgar  language,  and  prefent  an 
account  of  thofe  who  offend  to  the  Prefident  or 
prefiding  Profeffor  at  prayers  on  Monday  even- 
ing. If  any  Monitor  fhall  fail  in  performing 
thefe  duties,  he  fliall  be  confidered  as  betraying 
the  trufl  confided  to  him  in  the  Univerfi'y. 


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SECTION    IV,. 

On  the  moral  and  religious  Conduct  of  the  Students,. 

and  their  ConduB  towards  the  Faculty, 

1.  Every  ftudent,  whether  in  the  College 
or  in  the  village,  fhall  attend  public  prayers 
morning  and  evening  in  the  Chapel,  and 
during  the  worfhip,  fhall  refrain  from  all  noife, 
conducting  himfelf  with  fuch  decorum  and: 
reverence  as  is  fuited  to  thefe  folemn  fervices.. 

J^ On  Sunday  it  (hall  be  the  duty  of  every  flu-. 
I  dent  to  be  prefent  at  the  reading  or  delivery 
of  a  fermon  in  the  Chapel,  at  the  hour  ap- 
pointed by  the  Faculty  for  that  purpofe.  No 
whifpering,  talking,  laughing,  or  indecent  be- 
haviour of  any  kind,  fhall  be  manifefled  or* 
fuch  occafions. 

2.  The  lludents  fhall  attend  fuch  inftruc- 
tions  in  morals  and  religion,,,  as  their  ProfefTors. 
and  Tutors,  or  the  Faculty  jointly,  fhall  ap- 
point on  Sunday.  And  if  any  ftudent  abfcnt 
himfelf,  or  evade  fuch  inftruclions,  or  conduct 
himfelf  indecently  while  attending  them,  he 
mall  be  punifhed  by  his  inftruclion,  or  by  the 
Faculty,  ac  cording  to  the  nature  of  his  offence,, 
due  regard  being  paid  in  this  as  well  as  in  all. 
other  cafes  to  the  rules  hereafter  prefcribed, 
pointing  out  the  different  degrees  or.  grades  of 
punifhment  which  the  Faculty  fhall  be  at, 
liberty  to  inflicl.. 


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3-  At  all  times  the  ftudents  fhall  conduct 
and  exprefs  themfelves  refpeclfully  towards 
the  Faculty,  and  towards  every  member  of  it. 
And  any  deficiency  in  thefe  refpecls  fhall  be 
confidered  as  effential  departures  from  the 
laws  and  principles  on  which  the  inflitution 
is  founded,  and  by  which  it  mull  be  governed, 
and  they  fhall  be  punifhed  accordingly. 

4.  No  infult  fhall  be  offered  by  a  ft udent,  or 
by  any  number  of  fludents,  to  the  people  of 
the  village  or  of  the  country  around  the  Uni- 
verfity,  or  of  any  other  place.  No  attack 
fhall  be  made  upon  property  to  its  injury  or 
*deftru£Hon,  or  in  any  way  to  deprive  the 
owner  of  his  exclufive  and  rightful  ufe  of  it. 
But  if  any  fludent  fhall  commit  depredations 
ordeftructive  attacks  upon  property,  on  com- 
plaint being  made  to  the  Faculty  by  the  owner, 
or  by  any.other  perfon,  and  on  fuch  proof 
being  adduced  as  fhall  be  fatisfaftory  to  the 
Faculty  again  ft  the  ftudent  accufed,  he  and  the 
owner,"  with  the  confent  of  the  latter,  fhall 
each  choofean  indifferent  perfon,  not  belonging 
to  the  Univerfity,  and  the  Faculty  fh<dl  choofe 
a  third,  who  may  eftimate  the  damage  done. 
And  the  author  of  the  mifchief  fhall  be  com- 
pelled to  pay  the  owner  according  to  fuch  efti- 
mation ;  and  to  pay  one  fhilling  to  each  of  the 
perfons  chofen  as  above,  and  the  receipt  of 


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each ofthefe  (hall  be  produced  to  the  Prefident, 
or  to  the  Faculty,  in  three  days  after  the  award 
fhall  have  taken  place.  If  the  fludent  (hall  re- 
fufe  to  comply,  the  Faculty  {hall  punifh  him  as 
they  may  judge  proper.  But  if  this  method 
fhall  not  be  purfued,  the  Faculty  may  choofe 
any  other  which  thefe  laws  allow  for  the 
punifhment  of  the  fludent  who  fhall  have 
offended.  * 

5.  No  fludent  who  does  not  live  in  the 
village,  fhall  go  into  it  on  any  account  in 
ftudy  hours  without  leave  from  the  Prefident 
or  fome  member  of  the  Faculty. 

6.  A  fludent  fhall  not  make  horfe  races, 
nor  bet  thereon,  nor  fhall  they  keep  cocks  or 
fowls  of  any  kind,  or  for  any  purpofe. 

7.  No  fludent  fhall  raffle,  play  at  cards  or 
dice,  or  bet  at  any  game,  without  being  pu- 
nifhed  by  the  Faculty  according  to  the  aggra- 
vation of  the  offence. 

8.  No  fludent  fhall  keep  a  dog  or  fire-arms ; 
nor  fhall  he  ufe  fire-arms  without  permiffion 
from  fome  one  of  the  Faculty. 

9.  No  fludent  fhall  have  fpirituous  liquors 
in  his  room  without  particular  permiffion 
from  the  Prefident,  or  from  fome  member  of 
the  Faculty. 

10.  Every  fludent  who  fhall  be  guilty  of 
intoxication,  fhall  receive  an  admonition  be- 


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fore  the  Faculty  for  the  firfl  offence,  and  on 

repetition  of  the  crime,  (hall  be  publicly  ad- 
monifhed  or  fufpended,  according  to  the  na- 
ture and  aggravation  of  his  conduct. 

11.  If  a  lludent  (hall  be  called  on  to  give 
information  beforethe  Faculty  concerning  his 
fellow  ftudent,  and  (hall  refufe  to  give  fuch  in- 
formation, he  (hall  be  admoni  (bed  or  fufpended. 

12.  Should  a  combination  ever  be  formed 
by  any  number  of  the  fludents  to  tranfgrefs 
the  laws,  or  to  prevent  their  execution,  or  to 
fhew  difrefpeft  to  the  Faculty,  or  to  any  one 
of  its  members,  or  to  introduce  diforder  in  any 
fhape,  the  Faculty  (hall  either  punifh  the 
whole  body  according  to  their  demerits,  or 
they  fhall  feleft:  fuch  as  appear  to  be  raoft  ac- 
tive and  forward,  as  the  fole  objects  of  punifh- 
ment.  The  Faculty  fhall  choofe  either  of  thefe 
methods  as  to  them  fhall  appear  mo  ft  expe- 
dient. 

13.  All  fwearing,  and  profane, blafphemous 
or  impious  language,  fhall  be  utterly  ex- 
cluded from  the  Univerfity.  The  ftudent 
who  fhall  be  guilty  of  thefe  practices,  and  on 
being  warned  to  forfake  them,  fhall  ftill  per- 
fevere,  fhall  be  admonifhed,  fufpended  or  ex- 
pelled, according  to  the  extent  of  his  offence. 

14.  On  Sunday  the  ftudents  fhall  refrain 
from  their  ordinary  diveifions  and  exercifes. 

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They  (hall  not  fifh,  hunt  or  fwim ;  nor  fhafi 
they  walk  far  abroad.  They  (hall  perform  no 
manual  or  corporal  labours,  but  fuch  as  are  afcr 
folutely  neceflary,  unlefs  they  (hall  obtain  per- 
million  from  the  Prefident,  or  from  fome 
member  of  the  Faculty, 

i^.  If  any  fludent  fhall  ufe  any  indecent 
gefture  or  language  to  any  other  fludent  or 
perfon,  he  fhall  be  liable  to  be  admonifhed. 

16.  If  any  fludent  fhall  be  convicted  of 
lying,  he  fhall  be  admonifhed:  if  lie  fhall  be 
guilty  of  direct  and  malicious  falfehood,  he 
fhall  be  fufpended  or  expelled,  according  to 
the  nature  of  the  offence. 

17.  If  any  fludent,  on  being  requefled  by 
any  member  of  the  Faculty  to  open  the  door 
of  the  chamber  in  which  he  fhall  be,  and  fhall 
jciufe  or  delay  to  comply,  the  door  may  be 
forced  open,  and  the  fludent  compelled  to 
make  good  the  damage,  arid  be  otherwife  pu- 
nifhed  as  the  Faculty  fhall  judge  proper. 

18.  If  any  fludent  fhall  be  fent  for  by  a 
member  of  the  Faculty,  and  ihall  fail  to  come, 
he  fhall  be  held  guilty  of  a  high  contempt  of 
authority,  and  be  punifhed  accordingly. 

19.  The  fludents  fhall  keep  their  rooms 
clean,  and  fhall  not  put  or  procure  to  he  in- 
troduced into  the  College,  filth  of  any  kind. 
.Nor  fliall  they  throw  o.n  the  outfideof  the  •Col- 


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lege,  againft  the  walls  or  within  twenty  yards 
thereof,    any  fort  of  dirt  or   filth,  under  the 
penalty,  (befides  removing  the  fame)  of  fuch 
cenfure  as  the  offence  may  deferve. 


SECTION    V. 

On  Punijhments. 

The  punifhments  common  to  the  eftablim-* 
ment,  and  to  the  preparatory  fchool,   1  hall  be, 

1.  Private  admonition  by  a  member  oi  the 
Faculty. 

2.  Admonition  before  the  Facuhy  by  the 
Prefident,  or,  inhisabfence,  by  any  oneof  their 
members  whom  the  Faculty  (hall  appoint. 

3.  Admonition  before  the  clafs  to  which 
the  ftudent  belongs,  by  the  Prefident,  or,  in 
his  abfence,  by  one  of  the  members  of  the 
Faculty. 

4.  Public  admonition  before  all  theitudentSo 

5.  A  public  confeffion  of  the  fault  com- 
mitted before  all  the  ftudents,  followed  by  an 
admonition  from  the  Prefident,  or  from  one 
of  the  Profefibrs  or  Tutors. 

6.  Sufpenfion  for  a  fixed  time,  not  ex- 
ceeding fix  months. 

j.  Sufpenfion  for  a  fixed  time,  not  exceeding 
fix  months,  and  admonition  before  theTru  (tees, 

8,  Expulfion;  which  punifhment  fhall  not 
be  inflicted  but  with  the  approbation  of  five 
Truftees  convened  for  that  purpofe. 


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9.  Befides  the  punifhments  already  men- 
tioned, the  Tutors  of  the  preparatory  fchool, 
with  the  approbation  of  the  Prefident,  or  pre- 
fi ding  Pro feffor,  exprefsly  given,  and  in  every 
inflance  fpecially  had,  may  inflict  corporal 
•chailifement  on  the  fcholars  of  that  fchool. 


SECTION    VI. 

Mifccllaneous  Regulations. 
j.  If  any  fludent  fhall  wifh  to  live  inaroom 
in  the  College  during  the  vacation,  it  fhall  be 
considered  that  he  pledges  himfelf  totheTruf- 
tees  that  he  will  not  do  any  damage  to  his  room, 
or  tothe  buildings,  without  makingreparation. 

2.  The  ftudents,  on  leaving  their  rooms  at 
the  beginning  of  the  vacation,  or  at  any  other 
time  during  its  continuance,  fhall  put  the  keys 
of  their  chambers  into  the  hands  of  the  fleward, 
or  of  fome  member  of  the  Faculty. 

3.  Should  all  the  members  of  the  Faculty  be 
abfent  from  the  Univerfity  in  the  time  of  the 
vacation,  the  Prefident,  or  prefiding  Profeffor, 
is  hereby  empowered  to  employ  fome  perfon 
to  take  care  of  the  buildings,  whofe  duty  it  fhall 
be  to  prevent  them  frombeing  injnred. 

4.  It  is  recommended  to  the  ftudents  to  be 
plain  in  their  drefs,  but  it  is  required  of  them 
always  to  appear  neat  and  cleanly  ;  and  if  any 
fludent  fhall  be  grofsly  negligent  in  ihis  ref- 


peel,  it  fliall  be  the  duty  of  the  College  offi- 
cers to  admonifh  him  for  it,  and  fee  that  he 
preferve  a  decent  appearance. 

5.  Should  a  ftudent  not  be  prefent  at  the 
Univerfity  on  the  firft  day  of  a  feflion,  he 
fhall  forfeit  the  title  he  had  to  any  room  he 
may  have  inhabited  the  preceding  feflion,  and 
fuch  room  may  be  occupied  by  any  ftudent 
or  ftudents  who  fhall  be  prefent  at  fuch  time. 

6.  No  ftudent,  without  permiflion  obtained 
from  the  Prefident,  or  prefidingProfeffor,  fliall 
build  or  retain  a  hut,  for  any  purpofe  what- 
ever ;  nor  fhall  he  go  out  of  fight  of  the  build- 
ings of  the  Univerfity,  or  out  of  hearing  of  the 
bell  in  ftudy  hours,  or  at  any  other  time  when. 
the  bell  may  call  him  to  his  duty,  without  par- 
ticular permiflion.  from  fome  member,  of  the 
Faculty,. 

7.  If  the  Faculty  fhall  judge  any  houfe  in< 
the  village  improper  for  the  reception  of 
boarders,  on  account  of  the  irregular  manner 
in  which  they  are  permitted  to  live,  or  on  ac- 
count of  the  diforderly  and  pernicious  ex- 
amples that  are  fet  before  them,  they  fliall 
make  report  of  fuch  their  opinion  to  the 
Truftees,  at  their  annual  or  femi-annual  meet- 
ing, to  the  end  they   may  take  order  thereon. 

8.  No  ftudent  on  the  eftablimment  fhall  be 
permitted  to  live  out  of  College,  till  each  of 


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tlxe  rooms  lhall  have  four  inhabitants.  And  if 
■Any  fludent,  before  the  rooms  are  thus  filled, 
fhall  lodge  and  diet  in  the  village,  he  fhall  be 
compelled  to  take  his  place  in  College.  But 
if  a  ftudent  fhall  produce  to  the  Faculty,  a 
certificate  from  a  phyfician,  which  fhall  be 
fatisfacfory  to  them,  that  his  flate  of  health  is 
fuch  as  to  require  peculiar  diet,  the  Faculty 
may  permit  him  to  board  in  the  village,  al- 
though the  rooms  in  College  fliall  not  be  filled. 

q.  At  the  ringing  of  the  bell  the  firft  time 
in  the  morning,  all  the  ftudents  fhall  rife.  As 
foon  as  the  bell  fliall  ring  a  fecond  time,  they 
fhall  repair  to  the  hall  without  delay,  and 
attend  prayers. 

10  A  ftudent  fliall  not  wear  his  hat  infide 
of  the  College  buildings. 

11.  If  damage  fliall  be  done  to  any  room  in 
College,  the  inhabitants  of  the  room  fhall 
make  it  good,  unlefs  they  can  prove  to  the 
Faculty  that  fuch  damage  has  been  done  by 
fome  other,  in  which  cafe,  he  again  ft  whom 
the  proof  is  made,  fliall  make  good  the  damage. 

12.  If  damage  fhall  be  done  to  any  other 
part  of  the  buildings  of  the  Univerflty,  not 
within  a  room,  the  perfon  doing  fuch  damage 
fliall  make  it  good. 


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SECTION     VII. 

Of  the  Dining  Room. 

1.  At  the  ringing  of  the  bell  for  dinner, 
breakfaft  and  flipper,  the  fludents  (hall  go 
peaceably  to  the  door  of  the  dining-room 
where  they  (hall  regularly  arrange  themfelves 
in  their  feveral  dalles,  each  clafs  giving  the 
precedence  to  the  one  next  above  it,  and  in 
this  manner  they  fhall  wait  five  minutes,  if 
neceifary,  for  a  Profeffor  or  Tutor. 

2.  The  fludents  fhall  fit  in  their  feveral 
claiTes  at  the  tables,  according  to  the  order 
which  the  Faculty  (hall  appoint,  and  (hall  be- 
have themfelves  with  decorum,  carefully  ob- 
ferving  all  the  regulations  which  the  Faculty 
fhall  make  for  their  decent  and  proper  beha- 
viour. Any  officer  of  College  attending  at 
the  dining-table,  (hall  have  full  power  to  fend 
out  of  the  dining-room,  any  fludentwho  (hall 
behave  in  any  refpeel;  indecently  or  improperly. 

3.  If  any  victuals  fhall  be  found  on  the  table, 
againfl  which  a  fludent  fhall  think  himfelf  en- 
titled to  complain,  and  if  he  fhall  refolve  to 
make  complaint,  he  fhall  fend  the  victuals  to 
one  of  the  ProfefTors  or  Tutors  prefent,  who 
fhall  order  them  to  be  taken  away  from  the 
tables,  if  they  be  not.fuch  as,  in  his  opinion, 
they  ought  to  be.  But  if  the  complaint  {hall 
appear  to  be  wantonly  and  unneceffarily  made, 


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the  plate  (hall    be  returned,   and  the  perfcn- 
who  fent  it  may  be  reprimanded. 

4.  After  the  fludents  (hall  have  arrived  at 
their  places  around  the  tables,  the  prefiding 
Profeffor  or  Tutor  (hall  afk  a  blefiing  before 
they  take  their  feats,  and  when  the  pre  Tiding 
Profeffor  or  Tutor  lhall  rife  for  the  difmiffion 
of  the  fludents,  they  (hall  defift  from  eating, 
and  alfo  rife;  and  they  (hall  ftand  in  their 
places  till  the  Profeffor  or  Tutor  fhall  return 
thanks,  after  which  they  (hall  pafs  out  of  the 
room  without  bu file  or  noife. 

5.  A  ftudent  fhall  not  take  his  feat  after  the 
blefTing  is  pronounced,  without  particular  per- 
miflion  from  the  prefiding  Profeffor  or  Tutor, 
nor  fhall  any  one  go  out  of  the  room  till  the 
general  difmiffion  without  permifhon  from 
the  fame  officer. 


Certificate  of  Admifiion. 
I  certify,  that  was  regularly- 

admitted  a  ftudent  of  the  Univerfity  of  North- 
Carolina,  on  the  day  of 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
Signed, 

SECTION  VIII. 

Of  the  Library  and  Librarian. 
I.  There  (hall  be  a  room  appropriated  to  the 
library,  apparatus  and  turiofitics  of  the  Urji- 


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verfity.  Shelves  fhall  be  put  up  in  it,  at  the 
expence  of  the  Board.  Fire  fhall  be  made 
and  kept  up  in  the  room  once  every  week  for 
two  hours,  by  order  of  the  Librarian,  and  then 
be  entirely  extinguished.  And  no  pcrfon  but 
aTruftee,  or  member  of  the  Faculty,  fhall  be 
admitted  into  the  room  of  the  library,  without 
the  prefence  of  the  Librarian;  but  either  of 
thefe  (hall  be  admitted  whenever  they  require  it» 

2.  The  Librarian  fhall  be  appointed  by  the 
Faculty  every  half  year,  who  fhall  make  areport 
to  them  as  often  on  the  flate  of  the  library.  He 
fhall  alfo  account  to  the  Treafurer  of  the  Board 
for  the  monies  he  has  received  as  Librarian. 

3.  Every  ftudent  on  the  eftablifhment  of 
the  Univerfity,  may  ufe  the  books  of  the  li- 
brary on  paying  fifty  cents  into  the  hands  of 
the  Librarian,  for  the  feflion  in  advance.  The 
Encyclopaedia  fhall  not  be  taken  out  of  the  li- 
brary, by  any  ftudent  not  belonging  to  the 
fenior  or  junior  clafTes ;  and  no  other  fhall 
ever  confult  them,  except  in  the  prefence  of 
fome  member  of  the  Faculty. 

4.  The  Librarian,  when  he  delivers  a  book 
out  of  the  library  to  a  ftudent,  fhall  write  a 
receipt  for  the  book,  which  fhall  be  figned  by 
the  ftudent  who  takes  it  out. 

5.  A  volume  not  be  kept  out  of  the  library 
more  than  three  weeks,  without  being  returned 


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to  the  Librarian,  and  the  receipt  of  it  renewed. 
And  if  any  other  perfon  (hall  want  the  vo- 
lume at  the  end  of  that  time,  the  perfon  who 
has  before  had  it,  fhall  not  be  at  liberty  to  take 
it  out  again  at  that  time. 

6.  If  a  ftudent,  who  (hall  take  a  volume 
from  the  library,  fhall  by  any  means  deface 
or  abufe  it,  he  fhall  pay  according  to  the  da- 
mage done,  as  ellimated  by  the  Faculty,  even 
to  the  replacing  of  the  fet;  and  if  he  fhall 
iofe  it,  he  fhall  pay  the  Librarian  for  it  the 
price  at  which  the  Faculty  fhall  value  the  fet, 
or  elfe  he  fhall  replace  the  whole  as  before. 
If  he  fhall  not  return  it  in  three  weeks  after 
taking  it  out  of  the  library,  he  may  be  deemed 
to  have  loft  it,  and  the  Faculty  may  proceed 
accordingly.  If  the  fludent  fhail  refufe  to> 
comply  with  the  decifions  of  the  Faculty,  he 
ihall  be  admonifhed,  fufpended  or  expelled,, 
as  the  nature  of  the  cafe  may  require. 

7.  The  Librarian  fhall  keep  a  book,  in  which 
he  fhall  have  a  catalogue  of  all  the  books  of  the 
library.  And  if  any  book  {hall  be  prefented 
to  the  Univerfiry,  the  name  and  place  of  re- 
fidence  of  the  donor  fhall  be  recorded. 

8.  The  Librarian  fhall  appoint  a  day  and 
hour  forgiving  books  out  of  the  library,  and 
he  fhall  attend  once  a  week  at  the  time  ap- 
pointed, for  that  purpofe. 


9.  If  books  be  hired  from  the  library, 
-the  price  to  be  paid  mail  be  fixed  by  the  Fa- 
culty, and  the  perfon  who  obtains  the  book 
ihall  pay  in  advance. 


APPENDIX, 


3n  #rtrtnance 

Appointing  Vijitors  of the  Univerfity, 

Whereas  between  the  teachers  and  flu. 
^ents  of  the  Univerfity  of  North-Carolina, 
and  between  them  and  officers  of  faid  Uni- 
verfity, controvcrfy  may  hereafter  arife,  and 
a  competent  authority  to  fettle  the  fame  is 
proper  to  be  efiablimed, 

Be  it  therefore  ordained,  That  fix  members 
of  the  Board  of  Truftees,  exclufive  of  the 
Prefident,  who  (hall  always  be  confidered  as 
one,  be  appointed  Vifitors  of  the  Univerfity. 

And  be  it  further  ordained,  That  on  com- 
plaint made  to  the  Prefident,  by  any  teacher 
ox  officer  of  the  Univerfity,  or  fludent  (whofe 


H 
complaint  fhall  always  have  been  made  to  the 
Faculty  in  the  fir  ft  inftance)  the  faid  Vifitors, 
or  any  three  of  them,  if  the  complaint  mall 
be  deemed  worthy  of  enquiry,  fhall  have 
power  and  authority,  and  they  are  hereby 
authorized  to  hear  and  determine,  on  vifi- 
tations  to  faid  Univerfity,  all  fuch  complaints 
and  controverfies;  and  their  judgment,  fen- 
tence  or  decree  thereon,  fhall  be  decifive, 
until  the  general  Board  of  Truflees  fhall 
otherwife  direct  and  deteimine:  Provided, 
That  nothing  herein  contained,  fhall  afFecl 
the  powers  of  the  Faculty  to  punifh,  agreeably 
to  the  laws  of  the  Univerfity. 

And  b  tit  further  ordained,  That  the  Vi- 
ctors of  the  Univerfity  fhall  be  appointed  by 
ballot,  at  each  annual  meeting  of  the  Board 
of  Truflees. 

BENJAMIN  WILLIAMS,  Prejident, : 

W.  E.  Webb,  Secretary, 


